Patient-rated changes in fatigue over a 12-month period predict poor outcome in chronic heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 400-405

  Smith, Otto R F ^a   Denollet, Johan ^a   Schiffer, Angélique A ^a,b   Kupper, Nina ^a   Gidron, Yori ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Fatigue; Prognosis; Re admission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT READMISSION; PERSONALITY TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 66249096281     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfp002     Document Type: Article

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